head through the weekend, those temperatures begin to climb. even across the northern half, scotland and northern ireland into the middle 20s and northern england, middle 30s, 20s and northern england, middle 305, 35 20s and northern england, middle 30s, 35 possible in leeds. further south, the forecast for heathrow, 37 on the graphics. there is a chance we could get too close to or even break the all time uk temperature record. so exceptionally high temperatures on the way. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday 13th july, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, its goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. the open gets set for record attendances as the final practice rounds at st andrews take place, with the action under way tomorrow morning. french authorities in the blame for the champions league final chaos. that s from a high level hearing today. northern ireland are still smiling, we will g
Shows there was much more to reagan than the usual stereotypes are loaded by both democrats and republicans. So ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming jacob weisberg. [applause] thank you, bradley, for that kind introduction. I just want to say i love the bookstore, not just because i do think it helped of my last book on the bestseller list, but bradley and lisa have done an amazing job. Its one of the best independent bookstores in the country. You are lucky to have it here in washington and im lucky to be speaking here tonight. This book, it is a short book. I consider that a virtue although some biographies are often considered a virtue to be as long as possible. I had to take the opposite approach. This is really an exercise in distillation, internet figure what is essential in the Ronald Reagan story but also along the way try to take on some of these myths. The armistice on the left about reagan that i think its a myth he was a dunderhead. To our myths on the right ab
The momentum we got last week. Initially that wasnt happening, but then we had a shift led by commodities. If you look at the three major averages, we have a mixed market. The dow jones hanging onto its gains, one of its best performance has been to punt, on speculation that basf could make a bid for the company. If you look at what groups are doing the best at the moment, energy is getting the most, even though this picture is now looking more mixed. Technology and Consumer Discretionary are the biggest drags even as energy holds up well. If you look at the up trend we have seen since february 11, will it remain intact after today . Since that low, the bounce has been 9. 4 . What is interesting, the gains have been coming. They have been coming by the least loved groups, the most beatendown groups in the s p 500. We are looking at the s p 500 since february 11. This is the financials index in blue, which had been better the most year to date, and has been coming back. Finally, this is
Open lower by 37 points. Nasdaq lower by 2. Goldman sachs holding a technology and Energy Conference today. Yahoo ceo and twitter ceo are expected to give keynote speeches later on today. In other media news nbc news announcing it is suspending Brian Williams for six months without pay effective immediately. He personally admitted he misrepresented events about coming under fire while flying in an helicopter during the iraq war. While on nbc news friday january 30th 2015 brian amissmisrepresented events that happened during the iraq war in 2013. Then it became clear that brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. She added this was a very hard decision. Certainly there will be those that disagree but we believe this suspension is appropriate and proportionate action. Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of americans place in nbc news. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate. appropriate. He says williams deserves a Second Cha
S p futures up by 20 points and the nasdaq is up by 7 points as well after gains yesterday. We have two economic reports of note. The february Producer Price index at 8 30 eastern time and then march Consumer Sentiment at 10 00. Also two retailers are set to post Quarterly Results before the bell. Well get the Parent Company of ann taylor and the buckle and then theres a labor dispute to discuss. This could end the strike. It accounts for 20 of the companys total capacity. Some stocks well be watching today that might be moving shares of ulta ulta salon getting a boost. The beauty retailers Quarterly Results were better on the top and bottom line. Quarter guidance was also better than expected. Ulta salon cosmetics. Its like a make up and cosmetics supplier. Andrew and i should know about it. Given that were good customers. Were going to talk to the companys ceo at 7 40 eastern and aeropostale team warning that shares will fall short of estimates and zumiez its Quarterly Earnings falli